Is semen analysis useful to predict the odds that the sperm will meet the egg?

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Holt, W V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 68349160364     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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